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Posted By: Richie
15-Dec-08 - 08:25 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The authors of the 'Carter Family songs'
Subject: RE: Origins: The authors of the 'Carter Family songs'
Here is a summary of the Carter Family Songs titled G-K. Songs with an asterisk are either written by the Carters or the source of the song has not been found. If anyone has additional information or corrections please add them:
Gathering Flowers from the Hillside: 1909- Traditional song collected Belden; Arranged by The Carter Family.
Girl on the Greenbrier Shore; 1910- Traditional song collected Combs; Arranged by The Carter Family. Wolfe: based on an incident which occurred in 1896.
Give Him One More as He Goes: 1884 Word and Music Ike Brown "I'll Give You One More as You Go"
Give Me Roses While I Live; 1925 James Rowe lyrics, R. H. Cornelius music
Give Me Your Love and I'll Give You Mine; 1902 L. A. Davis- lyrics M. J. Fitzpatrick- music "You Give Me Your Love [And I'll Give You Mine]"
Glory to the Lamb: Circa 1900 Hymn Collection titled the "New Onward and Upward"
God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign; Early 1900s- Traditional African-American Spiritual
Gold Watch and Chain; 1879- Traditional chorus based on the Reuben's Train songs. The verses are from 1879 Westendorf song, "Is There No Kiss For Me Tonight, Love."
Goodbye to the Plains: Early 1900s- Traditional Western song "The Dying Cowboy of Rim Rock Ranch" arranged by Carter Family. Tune is "The Mule Song," a parody, Edward Harrigan and Dave Braham, pub. 1882
Gospel Ship: Circa 1900- Traditional gospel song arranged by Carter Family
Grave on the Green Hillside: 1875- Gospel song by Aldine Kieffer.
Happiest Days of All; 1875- Will Thompson song "Gathering Shells From the Seashore."
Happy in the Prison; Early 1900s- Traditional African-American Spiritual also known as "When I Lay my Burdens Down" arranged by Carter Family
Happy or Lonesome; 1913 Dick Burnett songster- Traditional song "Are You Happy or Lonesome" arranged by Carter Family
He Never Came Back; 1891- Words and music by William Jerome.
He Took a White Rose from Her Hair; Early 1900s- Traditional song "The (Little) White Rose" arranged by Carter Family
Heart That Was Broken for Me: 1914- Southern gospel song by Judson W. Van DeVenter (1855-1939)
*Heaven's Radio: 1930s- Gospel song, no source known, arranged by Carter Family
Hello Central, Give Me Heaven: 1901- Gospel song by Charles K. Harris
*Hello Stranger: 1937 Traditional blues arranged by Carter Family
Hold Fast to the Right: 1906- Gospel song by James Vaughan
*Home by the Sea; 1800s- Possible rewrite of "Dear Old Home Beyond the Sea" by A. Hamilton Sims and William A. Keller written in 1887.
Home in Tennessee: circa 1925- Song by Carson Robison titled "My Little Home in Tennessee"
Homestead on the Farm; 1909- "I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home" by Lambert and Vandersloot.
Honey in the Rock: 1895- Gospel song by Frederick A. Graves.
I Ain't Goin' to Work Tomorrow: Early 1900s- Traditional song arranged by The Carter Family.
I Cannot Be Your Sweetheart: 1899 song written by Abbie Ford titled "Under the Pale Moonlight"
I Found You Among the Roses: 1913 song by George Pitman
I Have an Aged Mother; 1882 Broadside by I.M. Williams titled "Ten Thousand Miles Away" "On The Banks of A Lonely River"
I Have No One to Love Me (But the Sailor on the Deep Blue Sea): 1839 British Ballad "Sweet William." Also known as "Captain Tell me True" and first recorded in 1924 by Gid Tanner as "Sailor Boy."
I Loved You Better Than You Knew: 1893 song by Johnny Carroll.
I Never Loved But One: 1865 song by Armand titled "Those Dark Eyes"
I Never Will Marry: 1864 song "Oh, My Love's Gone" 1906 Belden. Other names are "The Shells of the Ocean" and "Down by the Sea Shore."
I Wouldn't Mind Dying; 1800s Traditional African-American gospel song arranged by The Carter Family.
I'll Be All Smiles Tonight: 1879 song by T.B. Ranson
*I'll Be Home Someday: Date unknown- Based on an unknown song. Arranged by The Carter Family 1934
*I'll Never Forsake You: Date unknown- Based on an unknown song. Arranged by The Carter Family 1940
I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes: 1800s- Traditional song arranged by The Carter Family.
I'm Working on a Building: Traditional African-American gospel song from Leslie Riddle/Pauline Gray arranged by The Carter Family
If One Won't Another One Will: 1800s; Collected by Belden in 1904- Traditional song "Lonesome (Stormy) Scenes of Winter, The" [Laws H12].
In a Little Village Churchyard: 1918 "In That Dear Old Village Churchyard" from Primitive Baptist Hymn Book and Tune Book compiled by Elder John Daily. Needs confirmation.
*In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain: Date unknown- Based on an unknown song. Arranged by The Carter Family 1934
In the Shadow of the Pines:
*In the Valley of the Shenandoah: Date unknown- Based on an unknown song. Arranged by The Carter Family 1934
It Is Better Farther On: 1836 one verse; (1877) Trad. Arranged by L. Thompson (1911) Traditional gospel song arranged by The Carter Family
It'll Aggravate Your Soul: 1934 song by A.P. Carter based on traditional lyrics.
It's a Long Long Road to Travel Alone: 1931 words and music by BAD [pseud of Mrs. WH Do France]. Arranged by Maybelle Carter. Needs confirmation.
Jealous Hearted Me: 1924 Based on traditional blues lyrics by Lovie Austin, "Jealous Hearted Blues" recorded by Ma Rainey. Arranged by The Carter Family from Leslie Roddle.
Jim Blake's Message: Circa 1909, 1910 issue of "Railroad Man's Magazine" Rewritten by Carson Robison with Peter Condon- lyrics in 1927
Jimmie Brown, the Newsboy: 1875 song by William Shakespeare Hays "Jimmie Brown (The Paper Boy)".
*Jimmie Rodgers Visits the Carter Family: 1931- Song-and-spoken-word skit by The Carter Family and Jimmie Rogers
John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man: Late 1800s- Traditional song arranged by the Carter Family.
Just a Few More Days: 1922- Traditional hymn from Hymns of Praise: For the Church and Sunday School by F. G. Kingsbury -Hymns, English page 15. Needs confirmation.
Just Another Broken Heart: 1899s- Carter's arrangement of the folk song usually known as "Only Flirting," "Only a Broken Heart" or "She was Only Flirting."
Keep on the Firing Line: 1915 Southern gospel song by Bessie F. Hatcher.
Keep on the Sunny Side: 1899 Gosple song by Ada Blenkhorn and J. Howard Entwisle.
*Kissing Is a Crime: 1800s- Date unknown- Based on an unknown song. It resembles the Scottish song "Some Say that Kissing's a Sin" published in 1829.
Kitty Waltz: 1872 music; lyrics 1926 Al Hopkins- arranged by the Carter Family